3D scanners are being used successfully to make digital documentation of weathered inscriptions. Leonard Rutgers, of Utrecht University, has been using 3d imaging technology to enable Hebrew inscriptions from an early medieval Jewish cemetery at Venosa, in southern Italy, … continue reading →
The abandoned 18th century Jewish cemetery in Myslowice, Poland has been cleaned up and is being cared for in what a woman who raised the alarm about its condition just one year ago calls a “miracle.” Małgorzata Płoszaj, a Śląsk Judaica … continue reading →
On Virtual Shtetl, Krzysztof Bielawski reminds us of the many Hasidic pilgrimages that will take place in January (the Hebrew months of Tevet and Shevat) to the tombs of tzaddikim in Jewish cemeteries in a number of towns in Poland. … continue reading →
Krzysztof Bielawski, of Virtual Shtetl, reports (on V-S) that there is a good chance that the vacant synagogue in Cieszanów, southeast Poland, may be restored. Built in 1889 and used as a grains storehouse after World War II, it has … continue reading →
Our focus at Jewish Heritage Europe is (naturally) on Jewish built heritage issues in European countries…. but sometimes we like to post articles and links that show these issues in broader global context. JTA runs a lengthy report by … continue reading →
